Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-06-30
Gould and Sage Rejoice
Over the soalping Of
Cyrus w. Field.
REMOvED TO SEATTLE
Railroad Men Consider Sec
tion -Four . Dead
Letter.
Sadd-n Afflaenes-ArcasAiloa Dealed-
UsIoa Pse'as-TAs fmprIsssed Nj
nsrs-TslsEran sf Isqalry-
The Santa Fe Bays
Some Land.
Guilty. As cm,RcED.
THE JAKE sHARP yURx DELIBERATE BuI
THIRTEKN MrxUTFs AND FIND THB
ABoHM YERpICT

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THE JAKE sHARP yuRx DKLHBxRATE Bu1
THIRfEKN MxUTFs AND FIND THK
ABOVE vERDICT.
NEw YoRK. June 2a.-The 3llh ant
last day Of the Sharp trial dawneC
bright and clear. TIE sgsd deleu ssn'
.h5 ID u into court at one dosr &c Judge
Barrett came 10 ct auotheT. The pr
soneT appeared much more feeble thar
usual, walking with crest difficulty tc
his psaee. A delay OF ten minutes va
occasionsd at the request Of Mr.. Stick
ney before be commenced TO SUN up
Stickney's address vas ended and az
Adjournment uLtil .. m, Ras bad.
After recess Colonel Fellows, for the
State. addressed the i1ry, reviewing the
oase ane evidence at great length. After
be elosed Judge Barrett proceeded tc
sharge tho iary. He began By saying
ihat this was the 6rst time In the bis
tory of jlIisprudenee where 9 man had
been made 20 face the charge Of giving
, hr.bs. Both 10 give and recsive bribes
Ttre crimes The court gave the lsu
on bribery and vent on 10 sag that the
"nIy dirsok svidenee that money had
oeen given vas that Of one Deleeey,
Who had given the money. Il is not
0eoessaFy that the person charged give
the money with his own h0ud. Delacey
- the fountain head and all who are
proved to be connected near to or far
lway from the fountain bead are guilty.
IL Dtlacey received the money from
Riehmond aRd Richmopd again from
sharp, then Sharp 10 guilty. IL Sharp
had any knoWledRe of the crime and
aided OF abetted In any way, thsn he 10
guilty"
Judge Barrett believed Il hal beer
clearly shown that FulleFaf vas bFibed.
Ii the iury believed DelAcey had bribsd
him With $le.0O0, then the jury must
ask Who bribsd Delaoey. Auy person
Eh0 was behind Delaoey In the mattel
vas equally AZ guilty. The Judge re-
viewed ths cosiributoTy evidence Of
Sharp's lobby work at Albany to get the
Railroad bill passed. aud having sue
oeeded, at once set TO work to get the
Broadway franchise.
The Court addecl "His anxiety oaus
cd him TO do anything TO frustrate bis
opponents In obtaining the benefits OF
bis efforts. This vas Snaps motive.
He bad spent q lifetime in tie ho.e OF
material reward. and was ready 20 do
anything 10 obtain that reward. This
was Q matter Of life and death to the
seventh avenue road, aud as Q director,
be bad q notion that he was to obtain 9
personal reward Ia bonds which were TO
be guaranteed.
The Jadge then took up The story of
the issuance Of $500, 900 worth OF bonds
and the disposition Of money which was
folly accounted for in bis evidence. He
told the jary thst IL they had sufficient
evidence. and believed that Kerr and
Fashsy used this as corruption fund
without the knowledge Of Sharp, they
should acquit sharp. There is sbRnd-
hns evidence that there we're falsified
entries made by Sharp hims II. The
jury must ae'ermine WhstheE Sharp had
any eouneotlon With the "fixiRo" of
the Aldermen or whether his use OF
that expression was an innocent one.
The Judge fuFtheg instructed the
Jury that they must not be II finenced
BY the prisoners age or infirmity, nor
by the fact that be did not take the
stand in his own defense. The jury
then retired and after 13 minutes re-
turned with the verdict Of guilty with
q recommendation TO mercy.
The sRed prisoners head dropped and
be was removed 10 the Jail. seutence
will be passed on July 13:h. Toe pen
atty 10 not more than 10 years at hard
labor, or ane Of 5000, o. 10th. A new
trial will be asked.
The verdict was reached on The first
ballot. As Sharp stepped TO the walk
on his arrival at the jail be said; "Boys
noW that ips all over, III tell yoa that
never gave penny to Alderman Full.
graf, or any other other AIderman. and
nsd no hand In the bribinQ Of any Al
deEmsn." With this the old man seemed
10 break down.